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Eynhallow

by Tim McGregor

A remote island, an uneasy household, and a stranger named Frankenstein

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A remote island, an uneasy household, and a stranger named Frankenstein

Set on Eynhallow in the Orkney Islands in 1797, the novel places Agnes Tulloch’s family life alongside the arrival of an aristocratic exile whose secret work unsettles the islanders. Agnes is hired to serve as his cook and washerwoman, drawing her into closer contact with the mercurial scientist and his mysterious purpose. The familiar Frankenstein name is recast here through Agnes’s perspective: the story’s central tensions involve her constrained choices, her growing curiosity about the newcomer, and the obligations he has brought to this isolated community.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in horror set in a historical island community.
  • Readers who enjoy fiction that reworks the Frankenstein figure through another character’s perspective.
  • Readers drawn to stories involving family pressures, social constraints, and mysterious scientific pursuits.

Themes

Isolation and communityWomen’s constrained choicesScientific secrecyFrankenstein retellings

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Book overview

ORKNEY ISLANDS, 1797 - Agnes Tulloch feels a little cheated. This windswept place is not the island paradise her husband promised it to be when they wed. Now with four young children, she struggles to provide for her family while her husband grows increasingly distant.

 

When a stranger comes ashore to rent an abandoned cottage, Agnes and the other islanders are abuzz with curiosity. Who is this wealthy foreigner and why on earth would he come to Eynhallow? Her curiosity is soon replaced with vexation when her husband hires her out as cook and washerwoman, leaving Agnes with no say in the matter. Agnes begrudgingly befriends this aristocrat-in-exile; a mercurial scientist who toils night and day on some secret pursuit. Despite herself, she's drawn to his dark, brooding charm. And who is this Byronic stranger sweeping Agnes off her feet? His name is Frankenstein and he's come to this remote isle to fulfill a monstrous obligation.

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